THE NEW YORKER from his speech whether he was a na- tive of Pisa or of Lucca. It was diffi- cult to tell, with so much going on. I couldn't see whether the police were on the scene or not. The roof of a taxi when upside down is flat on the ground. It was odd and embarrassing to be for- gotten like this. But I had been forgotten. The talk was going on rapidly and informally outside. Nobody or everybody had seen everything. It was neither or both taxis' fault. My driver was having the time of his life talking. Everybody was enjoying the occasion. There was no hurry. I could see any number of park- ed bicycles on the sidewalk. The Arno flowed quietly on one side and door- steps stood in shadow on the other. Then somebody said out of a clear sky, "So you didn't have a passenger?" There was a. fraction of a second's pause. I do not know whether my driver had a moment's temptation to repudiate me. But he replied at last in a low, disgusted voice, "Già! There should have been a woman." "Ah, ah, ah!" responded the crowd. At once a child's face appeared outside the broken window. Then two. "There she is! She's here!" the first child shrieked. "Happily I am here," I said, but no one heard me. They were all screaming louder than before. "She is dead! She is killed!" they shouted. "A woman has been, killed!" Then someone put his hand in through the glass and open- ed the door. It was my driver, looking whole and interested. He lifted my suitcase out, carefully. I crawled after it, between icicles of glass. I tried to crawl with dignity and composure. I knew the crowd would expect me to be dead, or if not, at least to scream, to demand a million dollars. I had the American face. They became perfectly silent, staring at me. There was not a trace of accident except in the odd posi- tion of the taxi. I came out and bowed. I said, "Gentlemen, I am the corpse." The rt moment I took a step forward, a path < through the crowd opened out for me i of its own accord, and I emerged with a silent escort of eyes. At the next corner I took a carrozza. It had all been sim- ple and perilous and lightly incredible, and now was over. Nothing serious. The river Arno ripple under the Ponte Santa Trinità. -IRMA BRANDEIS .'>. .... ( '- tj lF . 4("" ;.. :\"; ..: ,,\. i . (t, ? " ; -:; J ...... I . .' i J. :% I.. i .. : I -' A .}f'$ :). ' '.ú ì . n -.. :: DORA WEISS, 1648 64th St., Bklyn: No, it's not true about Bing Crosby.-Ques- tion column in Loew s Weekly. It's true about tne reindeer,. though. .. '?;:' 'v f ' ',P' ! \ 37 AT paRK aVENUE 1185 between 93d and 94th Streets LIVING ROOMS I I In "1185" living rooms are large, airy, gracefully proportioned and have woodburning fireplaces. Here you can live, entertain in comfort and luxury at renlals which represent unusual values. There are one or two terrace apartments and pent-houses avail- able, too. Telephone REgent 4-6600. I _ BEDROOMS AND . . . All chambers are large and comfortable. And all apartments in "1185" have cross ventilation, cedar closets, shower stalls, all the niceties which make living in New York so easy. Additional rooms up to 9. You get all the ad- vantages of a fine city residence plus the quiet of a garden court apartment house. Convenient to transportation and fine schools. Apartments of 6 to 11 rooms, from $2300. Terraces. Pent- houses. Representative on premises. fiÄSE & ELL I MAN INC. 660 Madison Ave. Conveniently located at 60th 5t .Telephone REgent 4-6600 . . "y .... " .@ . y.... .. : .,."" , v' x -.-..:' 1F 'v'\.t .. * '/' .. .... '<>: . )c, '\001' ....;- . *" . ..;- : * 01'- . - .-.,. -.-_ I. ,. - fI1: rrNo more wrinkles" { -- ,/, . i :t\ '^ t . . PROMISES THIS CASE > ..< ,,; , .é ,cl:\?d' JlH """'" , ! , ' :, : : : ,. : , . : , ; : , : , : , ' . '; . : :" . " . > , : " ' , : . . : : : < , , , ., .: , . . : ' : .-=# : _ : ' , . ' , : : ' : ' , : . ; , , : , : : ' . ' : ' , : , ' , ' , . , : : : , : . , . . : , ' ' " . . , ' . ' , "' , ' , : , ' , ' : : , ; , : ,, ' , ' , : ' : : ,, ! : ' :, : : : , : , : , ,:, i , : , > , . ' , ; : : , y ji, ,?&, In leathers, up to 85.00 In Plain duck 35.00 :; The ingenious hangers carry either a man's suits or a woman's frocks smooth and wrinkle-free. In {'{'ChieP' Oshkosh duck with stitched cowhide edges. Leather handles, side and end. Solid brass Yale pin tumbler locks 52.50 Our booklet ("("Luggage Prescriptions" is worth reading. Copy on request. '<'.: l OSHKOSH TRUNKS, INC. Makers of fine luggage. . . 10 East 34th Street, New York Also sold in fine stores in the principal cities. Prices slightly higher west of Denver. .: .:.', ) > ,